Should You Videotape Employees?Is monitoring employees with cameras worth it?

Wonder what your employees are doing when you're not there to mind the store?Sovus Mediahas come up with a multimedia answer. For $5,000 to $7,000 per location, you can set up surveillance equipment that allows you to see, hear and talk to employees, giving shop owners and managers a window into their stores.

Ron Hammer, president of Sovus Media, says that in addition to facilitating communication, the system is a strong motivator for employees to perform. "We are able to view and communicate with stores over the internet," he says.